Yup, the Atheist Community is dead. Now what?

LatumWay
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I can guarantee I won't be officially back until 2012 but I am making good progress towards achieving that. Thanks for your patience.

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[WorthlessLoser8]

I enjoyed this. I really wish i hadn't been so badly beaten in the PR world. The reasoning behind niggerphobia is the exact reasoning behind any superstitious onomotaphobia. There is in fact something to gain from niggering, and i think that we ought to pick up specifically the banner of nigger until the deeper reasoning behind this taboo is exposed. I think that the same principles of reasoning are revealed in this debate as in the a/theist debates...

It's an area where semantics matters.

[Orygyn]

@WorthlessLoser8 Yeh. The problem I think is with the novelty and the gargantuan task of what it is you're trying to do. Both those things make it so easy to demonise and so difficult to defend.

[xxxMST3Kxxx]

I tend to agree with Thunderfoot that Youtube has become a few large subbed accounts and a few low view Video makers, The Middle Class is disappearing on Youtube. Atheists need something to push against and Theist Video makers are disappearing as well. Youtube not having a category for Religious or Theology Videos has also hurt.

[Orygyn]

@xxxMST3Kxxx Same here.

[WorthlessLoser8]

@Orygyn

Tragically...

[Orygyn]

@saamohod It's not about diplomacy, but accuracy in our descriptions of Muslim actions. Any less "civilised" behaviour or terrorist leanings coming from the middle east has a far more complex explanation than just that of religion, one that I'd need probably a few videos to begin to describe.

[Orygyn]

@saamohod The first thing I'd say is please do argue with other atheists. If we really do champion logic and reason then criticism is how we refine our ideas. As for the meat of the issue, the problem I have with what you're saying is that you're making the same generalisations. "Muslims" don't do any of the things you described, PEOPLE do. Some of these people share the religious belief system of Islam, but not all, and not all Muslims do what you described.

[WinteRest49]

@aussielung Thanks for the input.

[aussielung]

@WinterRest49 With that said however, you can trust when @Orgyn says that we are not all like what you've experienced. It's an unfortunate fact of life that there are morons on either side of a debate. The trick is to filter out the ludicrous and focus on those that are respectful, insightful and who actually know what they are talking about. Even if the person never persuades you they will always respect that you listened.

[aussielung]

@WinteRest49 This comment is exactly why I have never been an active member of the YT Atheist community (although as an atheist and a YouTuber, I am technically one). The reason you hold this position is because the stupidest usually speak the loudest and get the most attention. So although @Orygyn is correct, that the majority of atheists in the wider community are not how you described them, it is completely rational for you to assume we are based on the exposure you've been subjected to.